Get ready for the wakaaranga school gala on the 31 of October at 18 Butley drive, Farm cove from 10am to 2pm.
19.10.15
In Landscape learning we are learning about space and our awesome solar system.
In term 4 on Monday 12th 5C went to take table tennis lessons.First the teacher told us how to hold our rackets and all the ways how to hold them.Then the teacher said to stand by the table and step back when he said had anyone not played and Nadine put her hand up and the man said go to the other side of the table.Then they played and we all looked bored so then we all started to play champ the idea of the game was to get the champ out the champ will not get to serve unless the champ get out.If your not the champ you are the starter so well you get to start with the ball and at the end we wold hit the ball to the man and if you miss you are out.And then you play the champ and if you don't miss you are still in then you have to run all around the tables.Hope you love the Writing By Jaxon and Levi
16.10.15
In term 3 the entire school had to do some calendar art you could order them in cards, diaries, notepad and a calendar of course. Year five decided to do zen tangle art. Everybody had been working hard but now its tome to collect your art in a calendar etc.
By Sydney
Hi my name is Bella I am your new wiki ninja for the rest of the year. I hope you like it!
18.09.5
This year we had the the speech finals, all children said there speeches then from ever class expect for year 0,1 and 2 two people got chosen to go to the semi finals, after that 4 people were chosen to go to the finals they were Bella, Abigail, George and Jadeon. In the end Jadeon won and went trough to the zone finals and you wouldn't believe this but Jadeon won that too! Now he will go compete against the champions of the champions ( Other winners in Auckland)
Well done Jadeon your real life is catching to the movies speech is excellent good luck on Monday
By Bella
Hi my name is Sydney I am your new wiki ninja for the rest of the year. I hope you like it!
15.09.15
On Monday the 5th of September year 3, 4, 5 and 6 participated in the school cross country. On the 17th of august the top eight boys and girls will be running in the inter-schools cross country. The people from our class who got picked for inter-schools are Sydney, Mia, Abigail, Peggy and Brooklyn. In the end we all had a great time as we all tried our hardest and are all proud of ourselves!
By Sydney
Explanations about Energy.
Step one: Planning out our game using Google Slides and add comments:
Mandarin Speeches - in school @ 9 am in the music room.
14 Year 5 speech Korean Students depart (25-30) Year 6 Assembly
5 Aug 17-21
17
18 Sausage Sizzle
19
SWIMMING 5C Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our lesson starts at 11.30.
20 Senior leaders visit Balmoral school
21 MRS SAMUEL ON RELEASE
DOREEN MWANZA mufti day
6 Aug 24-28
24
25
26 SWIMMING 5C Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our lesson starts at 11.30.
27
28
Year 5 Assembly
7 Aug/Sep 31-04
31
School Cross Country (junior and senior)
01
02 SWIMMING 5C Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our lesson starts at 11.30.
Auckland Mandarin Speech Finals at Sunnyhills School Hall @ 7pm
03
04
8 Sep 07-11
07
School Cross Country Saving day (junior and senior)
08
Firewise Sessions schoolwide
09
SWIMMING 5C Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our lesson starts at 11.30.
Firewise Sessions schoolwide
10
11
5C are leading syndicate assembly.
9 Sep 14-18
14 PTA Meeting 7.30
15 HPPA Inter School Cross Country ( 2 groups)
16
LAST SWIMMING 5C
Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our
lesson starts at 11.30.
NE Parent Meeting 2-3pm
17 HPPA Inter School Cross Country Saving Day
18 Year 4 Assembly
PTA (Gold Coin)Mufti Day
10 Sep 21-25
21 Champion of Champion Speech Finals 7:00 p.m. at Royal Oak Primary
22 Junior and Senior Year 6 Production
23 School values discussion with Mr Jenkin. 1.30pm
24 Year 6 School Production
25
Wind In Our Sails
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In week one we focused on ANZAC then.... Our Landscape Learning topic would be 'Wind In Our Sails ' We will be having a trip to the Maritime Museum on the 20th May We will need parent helpers for this - you would be welcome to come on the bus if you don't mind standing -or you may take your car and meet us there.
Friday 8th may 2015
Today there was an year 6 assembly. We got shown the clothes that we made for the wearable arts entry,they were beautiful. Also a man from disaster plasters came to tell us the we will fundraising by selling disaster plasters for our school. You can also win prizes from selling the most plasters and from earning the most money.
The classes are also having a competition!
Mrs Poole & Mrs Juju handed out the year 5 certificates Shreeya (me) & Henry got a certificate. We sang some songs. It was a really fun assembly. By: Shreeya &Tina
Welcome back to school!
WEEK 8
LAST DAY OF TERM!!!!!
Watch out it's the last day of term! Remember be safe and wear your seat belt! You probably don't want to go to hospital!
We come back on Monday 20th April!
Congratulation to Australia for winning the world cup!
Easter!!!
Be prepared Easter's coming up! Don't forget to buy your friends and family Easter eggs!!!
Kapa Haka marae trip Friday- 27th
Remember to go to hall at lunch!!!
Choir/Orchestra
Guess what?
People from our class got into Choir and Orchestra!These are the names of them
Choir:Nadine, Tina, Trinity-Paige, Hayley, Vesinia
Orchestra: Oliver, Henry
Just saying they are all of the people who tried out. Gold coin mufti day this Friday - 27th
Come in mufti on Friday and bring your gold coin to raise money for prizes for raffles for gala
Senior school lunch with the Principal Tuesday 24th
Eye On Nature Tuesday 24th - for those students who are going meet at 7A at 8:00
Parent Discussions Monday and Wednesday this week - Thank you to all of you who came to meet with Mrs Samuel. It is so wonderful getting to meet with you all.
ICAS notice went home this week - money and form needs to be back before next Wednesday
Inferring - In class we are learning to infer in our reading. Abigail, Ohanna and Tina volunteered to put there's on the wiki to tell you what we're doing.
WALT:Infer the picture. Tom and Jerry look like they are going to the beach to have a swim. Tom and Jerry look like they are very organized for a very fun and long day at the beach till about 5:00pm!
Tom and Jerry look like they are going to the beach because they are holding a beach ball and an umbrella.They are also on the sand.They look like they are friends.
Tom and Jerry look like they are going to build a sand castle on the beach and have lots of fun.They also look like they are going to go get a big tan from relaxing in the nice warm sun. They look like they are going to play catch.
Our Name wall - We created our own name doodles to represent who we are. But now we updated them to show our writing, Draft and Published.
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Reading - 2 weeks ago we started our Reading Curriculum activities. We started off with 2 resources, The Literacy Box and The Comprehension Box. Now we are using the Hotlinks resource. There are 3 groups, Poems, Newspapers and Novels. We are off to a great start!
Notices:
Week 6 Term 1
Senior Assembly - On Friday 13th March, Year 5 will be having a senior assembly. Including a play from our class, a song called Living in the moment and so much more! We would love you to come to our wonderful assembly.
Week 5 Term 1
Parent discussions – registrations for these appointments will be available via the link to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz on the school website. All you have to do is go to the site, type in the school code WUYV7 (you will be able to do this from 3.30pm on Monday 2nd March) and you will then be able to enter the site and begin to make the appointments to meet with your children’s teachers to discuss their progress at school to date. Remember though the early bird gets the worm! If you leave it too late you will find that the preferred/popular times have been snapped up. If you do not have access to an online PC then please call into the school office and our friendly office staff will be only too happy to assist you.
Totara Park - Thursday 5th March
Parents if you are assisting on the Totara Park day the entrance is on Wairere Road. If you exit the motorway at Manurewa onto Hill Road drive past the Botanic gardens up Hill Road onto Charles Presvost Drive then Wairere Road ready to meet us between 9:15 - 9:30. Students Check your note for everything that you need to pack in your bag for Totara Park day
Check the homework tab for the homework due this Thursday.
Week 6 Assembly - Friday 13th we will be presenting the senior school assembly. We would love to see you there.
Week 4 Term 1
GUESS WHAT!!!!
5C Won the E-Award during the Senior School assembly this week!!!!! AND Abigail got a principals certificate for her awesome homework task!
So super proud :)
Science Club - Vansh and Ohanna have been chosen to be in the science club with Mrs Clay. They are also going to take a 20min to 30min segment on a Wednesday afternoon with 5C to teach us something with a science theme.
Junior Sports - Lots of children from 5C are involved in helping Mrs Langford to organise sport for children in the junior school. I am so proud of these students giving up 2 lunch times a week to put on a fun activity for our young wakas.
Orchestra - Henry and Oliver have signed up to play guitar in the orchestra.
Choir - Next Wednesday 4 March there will be another singalong at 2.15pm. Otherwise if the hall is not free then on the 18th March the auditions for Year 5 will begin and by the 25th of March all auditions will be complete. Nadine, Viesinia, Caitlin, Hayley, Trinity-Paige, Tina, Ohanna think they might be interested in giving trials a go.
EOTC THANK YOU!!! A big thank you to all of our wonderful helpers who worked so hard all day and made this day so successful! Our children are so lucky to have people like you coming along and supporting them. It was so special seeing some children do activities for the first time such as kayaking or pitching a tent. It was also very special seeing a different side of students who are very strong and capable at the outdoor activity life. We will have a lot to write about when we get back to school.
A million words or less: Another thank you to those of you who have sent in a letter about your child. It has been so interesting getting to read and learn more about your child.
Totara Park - Thursday 5th March
Parents if you are assisting on the Totara Park day the entrance is on Wairere Road. If you exit the motorway at Manurewa onto Hill Road drive past the Botanic gardens up Hill Road onto Charles Presvost Drive then Wairere Road ready to meet us between 9:15 - 9:30
Students Check your note for everything that you need to pack in your bag for Totara Park day
Check the homework tab for the homework due this Thursday.
Out Door Education
Just a reminder about our Outdoor Education Trips.
Students need to be at school at 8.45 on the Eastern Beach Day to do the roll early so that we can leave school just before 9am.
Our class goes on the 24th Feb.
Students need to be at school by 8.15am on the Totara Park day for the roll, so we can leave at 8.30am.
Our class goes on the 5th March.
Students Need:
Sunscreen
Sunhat
Sandals / Shoes for outdoors
Old mufti clothing - no skirts.
Morning tea and a packed lunch
Water!!
Togs and towel to beach
Warm jumper
Raincoat
Any medication needed in a named plastic bag.
Week 2 Term 1
It was lovely to have the chance to meet some of you at the Meet the Teacher evening on Monday night.
Click the attachment below for the powerpoint presentation if you were unable to make it. I also sent home a paper copy.
Last week we did a lot of getting to know each other. We did some learning around the Treaty of Waitangi and even decided on a 5C treaty we all agreed to - Click here to see ---->
We also sadly said goodbye to one of our 5C family (Sylias) and we wish him all the very best for his new adventures at a new school.
This week we have been busy with Mrs Murray in the art room for our art intensive working with paint.
We also started our Keeping Ourselves Safe topic.
We have some been lucky to have Chinese students in our class who have been joining in with our class activities.
Google Classroom
As a part of our learning this year, students in Year 4, 5 and 6 will be using Google Apps for Education through Google Classroom.
Students will be able to work on documents from any internet accessible computer and can easily share work with teachers and other students. The collaborative nature of Google Apps for Education compliments the co-operative learning we already do here at Wakaaranga School.A letter as well as our Student Cyber Safety User Agreement will come home this week. Please discuss cyber safety with your child and we will do the same in class.
Reminders:
$47 and permission form/parent help slip for our EOTC trip.
Our class will be participating in Outdoor Education activities at Eastern Beach on Tuesday the 24th February for kayaking,outdoor cooking and team games. We will also be going to Totara Park for bush skills, hiking and archery on Thursday the 5th March. We are really looking forward to this. Forms have already gone home requesting parent help. The total cost for both days is $47 which covers the cost for 'Manukau on the Move' instructors and equipment, as well as bus fares for both days.
$26 for the homework books (dragon maths and english book).
Homework workbooks have arrived. The costs are $14 for the Dragon Mathematics workbook and $12 for the English homework workbook. These may be paid for at the office and students will be given their workbooks when a copy of the receipt from the office is given to the teacher. Homework books will go home on Friday each week and will be due back on Thursday the following week. Students will be given spelling words to learn each week appropriate to their spelling levels.These words will be tested each week on Thursday. All Homework books are due back on a Thursday, ready for spelling testing.
Landscape Learning topics for this term are: Creating a Positive Classroom, Keeping Ourselves Safe and Outdoor Education.
Physical Education skills will focus on striking and fielding and well as a focus on cooperation. Games such as dodge ball, pattern ball, teeball, scatterball, padder tennis will be played.
Mathematics will focus on Number and Algebra-revising previous levels, whole numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and problem solving, rules and equations, coordinates, graphs and patterns.
Writing will begin with writing autobiographies and recounts of our outdoor education programme.
Please remember to check out our class wiki page often as it is through our wiki page that you can access information specific to our class.
Homework sheets
Notices and reminders
Photos, links, and updates about what is going on in the classroom
Check out these space links:
http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/20140304-how-big-is-space-interactive/
http://darksky.org/resources/losing-the-dark/
adopt your own virtual pet!
adopt your own virtual pet!
21.10.15
19.10.15
In Landscape learning we are learning about space and our awesome solar system.In term 4 on Monday 12th 5C went to take table tennis lessons.First the teacher told us how to hold our rackets and all the ways how to hold them.Then the teacher said to stand by the table and step back when he said had anyone not played and Nadine put her hand up and the man said go to the other side of the table.Then they played and we all looked bored so then we all started to play champ the idea of the game was to get the champ out the champ will not get to serve unless the champ get out.If your not the champ you are the starter so well you get to start with the ball and at the end we wold hit the ball to the man and if you miss you are out.And then you play the champ and if you don't miss you are still in then you have to run all around the tables.Hope you love the Writing By Jaxon and Levi
16.10.15
In term 3 the entire school had to do some calendar art you could order them in cards, diaries, notepad and a calendar of course. Year five decided to do zen tangle art. Everybody had been working hard but now its tome to collect your art in a calendar etc.
By SydneyHi my name is Bella I am your new wiki ninja for the rest of the year. I hope you like it!
18.09.5This year we had the the speech finals, all children said there speeches then from ever class expect for year 0,1 and 2 two people got chosen to go to the semi finals, after that 4 people were chosen to go to the finals they were Bella, Abigail, George and Jadeon. In the end Jadeon won and went trough to the zone finals and you wouldn't believe this but Jadeon won that too! Now he will go compete against the champions of the champions ( Other winners in Auckland)
Well done Jadeon your real life is catching to the movies speech is excellent good luck on Monday
By BellaHi my name is Sydney I am your new wiki ninja for the rest of the year. I hope you like it!
15.09.15On Monday the 5th of September year 3, 4, 5 and 6 participated in the school cross country. On the 17th of august the top eight boys and girls will be running in the inter-schools cross country. The people from our class who got picked for inter-schools are Sydney, Mia, Abigail, Peggy and Brooklyn. In the end we all had a great time as we all tried our hardest and are all proud of ourselves!
By Sydney
Explanations about Energy.
Step one: Planning out our game using Google Slides and add comments:Peggy and Hanna
Daniel and Jason
Mia and Jaedon
Cailtin and Hayley
Ovin and Danish
Oliver
Stepan, Akense and Denise
Henry, Brooklyn and Vansh
Bella and Abigail
Raymond and Levi
Jaxon and Sydney
Term 3 Calendar
Week
Monday
Jul
20-24
Korean students arrive (25-30)
Jul
27-31
Parent Discussions
Day1 (1.15-8.30pm)
ICAS English exam
Parent Discussions
Day 2 (3.30-6.30pm)
PTA (Gold Coin)
Mufti Day
Aug
03-07
Kodomo Library in school
SWIMMING STARTS 5C
Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our
lesson starts at 11.30.
Year 3 Assembly
Aug
10-14
PTA Meeting
7.30
Tread Lightly Caravan
ICAS Mathematics
exam
Tread Lightly Caravan
SWIMMING 5C
Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our
lesson starts at 11.30.
Kodomo Library Depature
HPPA Howick Schools Chess Comp.
Tread Lightly Caravan
Mandarin Speeches - in school @
9 am in the music room.
Year 5 speech
Korean Students depart (25-30)
Year 6 Assembly
Aug
17-21
Sausage Sizzle
SWIMMING 5C
Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our
lesson starts at 11.30.
Senior leaders visit Balmoral school
MRS SAMUEL ON RELEASE
DOREEN MWANZA
mufti day
Aug
24-28
SWIMMING 5C
Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our
lesson starts at 11.30.
Year 5 Assembly
Aug/Sep
31-04
School Cross Country (junior and senior)
SWIMMING 5C
Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our
lesson starts at 11.30.
Auckland Mandarin Speech Finals
at Sunnyhills School Hall @ 7pm
Sep
07-11
School Cross Country
Saving day (junior and senior)
Firewise Sessions schoolwide
SWIMMING 5C
Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our
lesson starts at 11.30.
Firewise Sessions schoolwide
5C are leading syndicate
assembly.
Sep
14-18
PTA Meeting
7.30
HPPA Inter School Cross Country
( 2 groups)
LAST SWIMMING 5C
Bus Leaves at 11.00 and our
lesson starts at 11.30.
NE Parent Meeting 2-3pm
HPPA Inter School Cross Country
Saving Day
Year 4 Assembly
PTA (Gold Coin)Mufti Day
Sep
21-25
Champion of Champion Speech
Finals 7:00 p.m. at Royal Oak Primary
Junior and Senior Year 6 Production
School values discussion with
Mr Jenkin. 1.30pm
Year 6 School Production
Wind In Our Sails
In week one we focused on ANZAC then....
Our Landscape Learning topic would be 'Wind In Our Sails '
We will be having a trip to the Maritime Museum on the 20th May
We will need parent helpers for this - you would be welcome to come on the bus if you don't mind standing -or you may take your car and meet us there.
Friday 8th may 2015
Today there was an year 6 assembly. We got shown the clothes that we made for the wearable arts entry,they were beautiful.Also a man from disaster plasters came to tell us the we will fundraising by selling disaster plasters for our school.
You can also win prizes from selling the most plasters and from earning the most money.
The classes are also having a competition!
Mrs Poole & Mrs Juju handed out the year 5 certificates Shreeya (me) & Henry got a certificate. We sang some songs. It was a really fun assembly.By: Shreeya &Tina
Welcome back to school!
WEEK 8
LAST DAY OF TERM!!!!!Watch out it's the last day of term! Remember be safe and wear your seat belt! You probably don't want to go to hospital!
We come back on Monday 20th April!
Congratulation to Australia for winning the world cup!
Easter!!!
Be prepared Easter's coming up! Don't forget to buy your friends and family Easter eggs!!!Kapa Haka marae trip Friday- 27th
Remember to go to hall at lunch!!!Choir/Orchestra
Guess what?People from our class got into Choir and Orchestra!These are the names of them
Choir:Nadine, Tina, Trinity-Paige, Hayley, Vesinia
Orchestra: Oliver, Henry
Just saying they are all of the people who tried out.
Gold coin mufti day this Friday - 27th
Senior school lunch with the Principal Tuesday 24th
Eye On Nature Tuesday 24th - for those students who are going meet at 7A at 8:00
Parent Discussions Monday and Wednesday this week - Thank you to all of you who came to meet with Mrs Samuel. It is so wonderful getting to meet with you all.
ICAS notice went home this week - money and form needs to be back before next Wednesday
Monday, 16 March 2015
CLICK HERE TO SEE A SLIDESHOW OF OUR FIRST EOTC DAY
In Class:
Inferring - In class we are learning to infer in our reading. Abigail, Ohanna and Tina volunteered to put there's on the wiki to tell you what we're doing.WALT:Infer the picture.
Tom and Jerry look like they are going to the beach to have a swim. Tom and Jerry look like they are very organized for a very fun and long day at the beach till about 5:00pm!
Tom and Jerry look like they are going to the beach because they are holding a beach ball and an umbrella.They are also on the sand.They look like they are friends.
Tom and Jerry look like they are going to build a sand castle on the beach and have lots of fun.They also look like they are going to go get a big tan from relaxing in the nice warm sun. They look like they are going to play catch.
Our Name wall - We created our own name doodles to represent who we are. But now we updated them to show our writing, Draft and Published.
Reading - 2 weeks ago we started our Reading Curriculum activities. We started off with 2 resources, The Literacy Box and The Comprehension Box. Now we are using the Hotlinks resource. There are 3 groups, Poems, Newspapers and Novels. We are off to a great start!
Notices:
Week 6 Term 1
Senior Assembly - On Friday 13th March, Year 5 will be having a senior assembly. Including a play from our class, a song called Living in the moment and so much more! We would love you to come to our wonderful assembly.Week 5 Term 1
Parent discussions – registrations for these appointments will be available via the link to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz on the school website. All you have to do is go to the site, type in the school code WUYV7 (you will be able to do this from 3.30pm on Monday 2nd March) and you will then be able to enter the site and begin to make the appointments to meet with your children’s teachers to discuss their progress at school to date. Remember though the early bird gets the worm! If you leave it too late you will find that the preferred/popular times have been snapped up. If you do not have access to an online PC then please call into the school office and our friendly office staff will be only too happy to assist you.Totara Park - Thursday 5th March
Parents if you are assisting on the Totara Park day the entrance is on Wairere Road. If you exit the motorway at Manurewa onto Hill Road drive past the Botanic gardens up Hill Road onto Charles Presvost Drive then Wairere Road ready to meet us between 9:15 - 9:30. Students Check your note for everything that you need to pack in your bag for Totara Park day
Check the homework tab for the homework due this Thursday.
Week 6 Assembly - Friday 13th we will be presenting the senior school assembly. We would love to see you there.
Week 4 Term 1
GUESS WHAT!!!!
5C Won the E-Award during the Senior School assembly this week!!!!! AND Abigail got a principals certificate for her awesome homework task!
So super proud :)
Science Club - Vansh and Ohanna have been chosen to be in the science club with Mrs Clay. They are also going to take a 20min to 30min segment on a Wednesday afternoon with 5C to teach us something with a science theme.
Junior Sports - Lots of children from 5C are involved in helping Mrs Langford to organise sport for children in the junior school. I am so proud of these students giving up 2 lunch times a week to put on a fun activity for our young wakas.
Orchestra - Henry and Oliver have signed up to play guitar in the orchestra.
Choir - Next Wednesday 4 March there will be another singalong at 2.15pm. Otherwise if the hall is not free then on the 18th March the auditions for Year 5 will begin and by the 25th of March all auditions will be complete. Nadine, Viesinia, Caitlin, Hayley, Trinity-Paige, Tina, Ohanna think they might be interested in giving trials a go.
EOTC THANK YOU!!! A big thank you to all of our wonderful helpers who worked so hard all day and made this day so successful! Our children are so lucky to have people like you coming along and supporting them. It was so special seeing some children do activities for the first time such as kayaking or pitching a tent. It was also very special seeing a different side of students who are very strong and capable at the outdoor activity life. We will have a lot to write about when we get back to school.
A million words or less: Another thank you to those of you who have sent in a letter about your child. It has been so interesting getting to read and learn more about your child.
Totara Park - Thursday 5th March
Parents if you are assisting on the Totara Park day the entrance is on Wairere Road. If you exit the motorway at Manurewa onto Hill Road drive past the Botanic gardens up Hill Road onto Charles Presvost Drive then Wairere Road ready to meet us between 9:15 - 9:30
Students Check your note for everything that you need to pack in your bag for Totara Park day
Check the homework tab for the homework due this Thursday.
Out Door Education
Just a reminder about our Outdoor Education Trips.Students need to be at school at 8.45 on the Eastern Beach Day to do the roll early so that we can leave school just before 9am.
Our class goes on the 24th Feb.
Students need to be at school by 8.15am on the Totara Park day for the roll, so we can leave at 8.30am.
Our class goes on the 5th March.
Students Need:
Sunscreen
Sunhat
Sandals / Shoes for outdoors
Old mufti clothing - no skirts.
Morning tea and a packed lunch
Water!!
Togs and towel to beach
Warm jumper
Raincoat
Any medication needed in a named plastic bag.
Week 2 Term 1
It was lovely to have the chance to meet some of you at the Meet the Teacher evening on Monday night.Click the attachment below for the powerpoint presentation if you were unable to make it. I also sent home a paper copy.
Last week we did a lot of getting to know each other. We did some learning around the Treaty of Waitangi and even decided on a 5C treaty we all agreed to - Click here to see ---->
We also sadly said goodbye to one of our 5C family (Sylias) and we wish him all the very best for his new adventures at a new school.
This week we have been busy with Mrs Murray in the art room for our art intensive working with paint.
We also started our Keeping Ourselves Safe topic.
We have some been lucky to have Chinese students in our class who have been joining in with our class activities.
Google Classroom
As a part of our learning this year, students in Year 4, 5 and 6 will be using Google Apps for Education through Google Classroom.
Students will be able to work on documents from any internet accessible computer and can easily share work with teachers and other students. The collaborative nature of Google Apps for Education compliments the co-operative learning we already do here at Wakaaranga School.A letter as well as our Student Cyber Safety User Agreement will come home this week. Please discuss cyber safety with your child and we will do the same in class.
Reminders:
$47 and permission form/parent help slip for our EOTC trip.
Our class will be participating in Outdoor Education activities at Eastern Beach on Tuesday the 24th February for kayaking,outdoor cooking and team games. We will also be going to Totara Park for bush skills, hiking and archery on Thursday the 5th March. We are really looking forward to this. Forms have already gone home requesting parent help. The total cost for both days is $47 which covers the cost for 'Manukau on the Move' instructors and equipment, as well as bus fares for both days.
$26 for the homework books (dragon maths and english book).
Homework workbooks have arrived. The costs are $14 for the Dragon Mathematics workbook and $12 for the English homework workbook. These may be paid for at the office and students will be given their workbooks when a copy of the receipt from the office is given to the teacher. Homework books will go home on Friday each week and will be due back on Thursday the following week. Students will be given spelling words to learn each week appropriate to their spelling levels.These words will be tested each week on Thursday. All Homework books are due back on a Thursday, ready for spelling testing.
Welcome to Term 1
Click here for our Term 1 timetable ------>Landscape Learning topics for this term are: Creating a Positive Classroom, Keeping Ourselves Safe and Outdoor Education.
Physical Education skills will focus on striking and fielding and well as a focus on cooperation. Games such as dodge ball, pattern ball, teeball, scatterball, padder tennis will be played.
Mathematics will focus on Number and Algebra-revising previous levels, whole numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and problem solving, rules and equations, coordinates, graphs and patterns.
Writing will begin with writing autobiographies and recounts of our outdoor education programme.
Please remember to check out our class wiki page often as it is through our wiki page that you can access information specific to our class.
- Homework sheets
- Notices and reminders
- Photos, links, and updates about what is going on in the classroom
- Our class blog (once we get it up and running)
Warm regards,Sarah Samuel
(your child's teacher